Padmanaba Fun Bike.

Yogyakarta, December 7th 2009

Yesterday, I joined Padmanaba Fun Bike around Jogja.

Pfffhhh...
That event had already successfully tightened my legs and arms. YEAH!!!

Viva La Vida!!!!

Yesterday, I watched a movie starred by Jim Carrey and Zoe Deschannel titled 'YES MAN'. In that movie, Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) was a person living with kinda a sucks life. And one day, one of his friend suggested him to live the life by joining the self improvement programme called 'Yes Man'. He followed that suggestion.

In that program, Carl made a covenant that every time to an opportunity presented itself, no matter what it was, he would say 'YES' and if he broke that covenant things could get a little decay. He obeyed that covenant. Starting from saying 'YES' to help one of homeless , to take flight , Korean language and guitar courses, to attend a 'unique' band show, to attend a costume party hosted by his weird job partner, to approve all the loan applied to him (FYI: his job at the movie was a credit assessor), and other spontaneous things. Because of those actions, his life got better. He really lived his life .Even there were also some terrible problems caused by his ability to say 'No'. Overall that movie is so obviously meaningful.

The lessons I can take from this movie are:

#1 Everybody has privilege to choose, either saying 'YES' or 'NO' to every opportunity presents itself.

#2 There won't be any regret if we live our live. On that film, there was a statement from Allison (Zoey Deschannel) I love most:

"The world's a playground. You know that when you're kid but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it"

Yeay...
Why don't we fill our life with ton of joy and happiness just like we did while were a kid?!?

Well...A few days ago, I got a chat via Yahoo Messenger with Raka. FYI: He was the minister of Sport Department in KM ITB cabinet 06/07 -Izul's period- and I was his secretary at that time. His YM status at the day had been 'being like Australian' and then he changed it into 'living like Australian'. I asked about the meaning of his status and then he explained that he were at Australia at that time. He planned to stay there until May next year. He told me that he was in his vacation and during that long vacation, he planned to apply job there. The job might be a dirty job first and then if there was a chance he wanted to apply as urban planner -matching with his education background.

Then I asked him why it should be so far away to get job and his answer was simple: he wanted it. He wanted to enjoy a pieces of time in his life. He said that his life was just once, and he would fill it by doing anything he desired to do. So when his death came on the edge of his throat, he would say that he had been pleased of his selves and had no regret at all.

Wow, I never thought before that a kind of straight-lined person like Raka could have that idea like that to filling his life. I really envy him. He's such a kinda of 'Talk less Do more person. I felt so ashamed. I always talk about my dream to live my life, but none action I had taken to make them come true.

#3 The thing that will always block our way to live our live is our own silly or unreasonable scare. In the YES MAN movie, Carl was so scare that he hadn't been enough for anybody. He was scared that he had nothing to share with another people. But then he threw away his scare. To live our life we often need to ignore all the doubt and scare inside ourselves. We should be confidence in ourselves that we are capable. We won't ever know our ability unless we try it right?!?

#4 We have to be conscious that we won't be able to please every people in our life. Please another person doesn't always scarify our own joy. There's always be win-win solution, right?!?

SO....
Live just once.
VIVA LA VIDA!!!

Everybody lies, doesn't he/she?!?

Yogyakarta, December 4th 2009

Have you ever lied?!?
OR
Have you ever been lied?!?

Which one irritates you more?!?
No matter what the answer, lie is painful no matter how white it is.

Everybody lies because they think that it is human privilege. Is it right?!?

Adult-Met 'Brother-Sister '

Yogyakarta, December 4th 2009
@Break Coffee Shop

Around one moment ago, at November 3rd exactly, while I was online in break Coffee Shop, I had a chat with someone with YM id coco_anaka7. He is one of Luki-my senior in HMS- 's friend. No matter how, the central topic we discussed was about family -a child love to his/her mom exactly. At that time, I felt that God had sent him to be my 'elder brother'.

Two days later, while I was in the Lodaya Night Train taken me from Yogya to Bandung, (still via YM) I talked with him again. The topic was still about family -about how to love father. I was more convinced that God had sent him to be my elder brother.

A few days later, we had a light talk. From that talk, I knew that he was not in taken relationship. I didn't know why spontaneously I changed my mind that time. I hate to confess this, at that time I wanted him not as an elder brother anymore. I wished someday he could have been my boyfriend.

Then..In the next chat, he informed me that his mother had already had a would-be daughter in law. Well... OK. That painful information had brought me back to the track to consider him as my 'elder brother'. No matter what happened, just like what Kent suggested to me, I should be overwhelmed with gratitude for every gift God had given to me. And I was convinced that coco_anaka7 was one of His best gift to me.

Through the days after, he had haunted me with his SPAM (Stupid pointless Annoying Message) either via SMS or YM. He had successfully made me crazy after reading his confusing message. I was irritated of that condition. I wasn't ready to face him as my 'elder-brother. I was in process of reconsidering him as my 'elder brother'. It was the most painful time in my life.

One day, I was so awful after hearing my mother's statement about her readiness to leave my father. What a socking statement it was?!? I needed a shoulder to cry on at that time, Spontaneously informed my 'elder brother' via SMS. He was a great brother at all. He cheered me up. He gave me some strength to face this awkward condition. I felt that I was so unfair to him. He had acted as a good 'elder' brother to me. But me?!? I was too selfish still wanted him more than an 'elder brother'. I even avoided from him for a while.

When we talked again, a few days ago, with bunch of confidence, I felt that he missed me. And honestly, I confessed that I missed him too.

This day, we talked again. He told me about his dilematic condition Actually, I convinced that he had already known how to make decision to that condition. From that talk, I knew that he trust me to help him solve his problem. Pffhhh...He really considered me as his 'little sister' sincerely.

Since this day, I'll try to be a good 'little sister ' to him. KEEP MY WORD!!!

Pasta Again and Again

Yogyakarta, Desember 1st 2009

Tonight, I ate a great Lasagna at Parsley Jakkal. Hmmm... Yummy!!!

Buon Appetito!!!